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Swedish Counties: ''(LÄN)'' used in the Family History Library Catalog (24 Counties)  
Swedish Counties: ''(LÄN)'' used in the Family History Library Catalog (24 Counties)  
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*Blekinge  
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*Gotland  
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*Norrbotten  
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*Skaraborg  
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*Östergötland
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<br>Sweden has assigned a letter code for each county. The letter code is often used to identify the county and it is customary to refer to a county by its letter instead of its name, such as K-län for Blekinge and AC-län for Västerbotten. The official country codes are as follows:  
<br>Sweden has assigned a letter code for each county. The letter code is often used to identify the county and it is customary to refer to a county by its letter instead of its name, such as K-län for Blekinge and AC-län for Västerbotten. The official country codes are as follows:  
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*A Stockholm City
*B Stockholm County
*C Uppsala
*D Södermanland
*E Östergötland
*F Jönköping
*G Kronoberg
*H Kalmar
*I Gotland
*K Blekinge
*L Kristianstad
*M Malmöhus
*N Halland
*O Göteborg och Bohus
*P Älvsborg
*R Skaraborg
*S Värmland
*T Örebro
*U Västmanland
*X Gävleborg
*Y Västernorrland
*Z Jämtland
*AC Västerbotten
*BD Norrbotten
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*Blekinge ........... K  
*Blekinge K  
*Gotland ............ I  
*Gotland I  
*Gävleborg .......... X  
*Gävleborg X  
*Göteborg och Bohus . O  
*Göteborg och Bohus O  
*Halland ............ N  
*Halland N  
*Jämtland ........... Z  
*Jämtland Z  
*Jönköping .......... F  
*Jönköping F  
*Kalmar ............. H  
*Kalmar H  
*Kopparberg ......... W  
*Kopparberg W  
*Kristianstad ....... L  
*Kristianstad L  
*Kronoberg .......... G  
*Kronoberg G  
*Malmöhus ........... M  
*Malmöhus M  
*Norrbotten ......... BD  
*Norrbotten BD  
*Skaraborg .......... R  
*Skaraborg R  
*Stockholm City ..... A  
*Stockholm City A  
*Stockholm County ... B  
*Stockholm County B  
*Södermanland ....... D  
*Södermanland D  
*Uppsala ............ C  
*Uppsala C  
*Värmland ........... S  
*Värmland S  
*Västerbotten ....... AC  
*Västerbotten AC  
*Västernorrland...... Y  
*Västernorrland Y  
*Västmanland ........ U  
*Västmanland U  
*Älvsborg ........... P  
*Älvsborg P  
*Örebro ............. T  
*Örebro T  
*Östergötland........ E
*Östergötland E


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